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US strikes water desalination plant in Iran (www.turkiyetoday.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Rogue_General@lemmy.world to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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Does the US really want to play this game? 90% of Israel's water comes from desalination plants, and now we've given Iran the justification to strike back in a similar manner.

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[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Few acts say "crimes against humanity" better than bombing a country's water supply.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 12 points 1 day ago

There's a certain dam in Iraq which could have been targeted at any point during the Iran-Iraq war. Doing so would have guaranteed ended the war in Iran's favor, killing hundreds of thousands of people in a single act in the process.

Some things are not worth doing. Winning like that is not winning.